The Time Travelling Robots in Space

Continuum coming to Syfy.  Another robot to take our jobs. Slight Star Trek: Into Darkness spoilers.  And which is your preferred dystopian future?

* Syfy picks up Canadian time travel show Continuum.

http://io9.com/5959958/the-amazing-time+travel-cop-show-continuum-coming-to-syfy-in-january

* Robot chef churns out 400 burgers an hour.

http://www.techhive.com/article/2017215/robot-chef-churns-out-400-burgers-an-hour-wont-join-a-union.html

* Star Trek: Into Darkness synopsis arrives!

http://trekmovie.com/2012/11/26/breaking-official-synopsis-for-star-trek-into-darkness-revealed/

* This week's Audible.com pick, The Truth About the Philadelphia Experiment: Invisibility, Time Travel and Mind Control.

http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B004N8BUWM&qid=1354207806&sr=1-1

* And, our picks; the film Beyond the Time Barrier, the short film Gumdrop and an interview with time travel expert Dr. Ronald Mallett

*  Question of the week; Which dystopian future do you prefer to live in? Robot revolution, Mad Max style, Waterworld style, or zombie apocalypse?

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What is the "Looper Effect"?  Who survived hurricane Sandy out at sea?  And we talk at length about the return of Star Wars!

* Details are finally coming out about the new Twilight Zone movie.

http://updates.io9.com/post/34917139634/leonardo-dicaprios-twilight-zone-movie-will-feature

* We learn about the floating robot that survived at sea and took readings during hurricane Sandy.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57544555-1/seafaring-robot-sails-through-sandy-unscathed/

* George Lucas sells Star Wars and his other properties to Disney. Then announce episode 7!

http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/30/3577656/disney-buys-lucasfilm-plans-to-release-star-wars-episode-7-in-2015?=1

* This week's Audible.com pick, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire: the Thrawn Trilogy, Book 1

* And, our picks; the film Cloud Atlas, "Marionettes, Inc" one of the short stories from Ray Bradbury's book The Illustrated Man and Fringe: Season 1.

*  Question of the week; Since we talked a lot about Star Wars on this episode, what job would you like to have in that universe and on which side would you want to be?

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Will Black Ops 2 have some time traveling elements to it?  A robot that can fight fires and dance to Gangnam Style!  And We ask what type of robot would you want to be?

* Analyzing the list of achievements for Black Ops 2 found references to time travel.

http://stickskills.com/2012/10/16/black-ops-2-campaign-to-feature-time-travel/

* A robot that can dance to "Gangnam Style" could be fighting future fires for the Navy.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/10/navy-robot-gangnam-style/

* A rock thought to be part of a recent fireball over Northern California turns out to be just another rock.

http://www.space.com/18204-california-fireball-meteorite-normal-rock.html

* This week's Audible.com pick, The Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein

* And, our picks; a real life, interactive R2D2 unit, a time-lapse video of the space shuttle Endeavor being towed through the streets of Los Angeles and the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

and the movie Argo.

*  Question of the week; If you were a robot, what task would you be (or want to be) designed to do?

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Can Michael Bay pull off a found footage movie? The Terminator 5 that thankfully never was and SPACE JUMP!

* A "found footage" time travel movie from Michael Bay.

http://www.slashfilm.com/michael-bay-to-produce-time-travel-found-footage-film-almanac-for-paramount/

* The T5 script that would've gone to a whole other dimension.

http://io9.com/5951891/terminator-5-would-have-resurrected-sarah-connor-and-kyle-reese-in-another-dimension

* We geek out over Felix Baumgartner's "space jump."

http://gizmodo.com/5951621/watch-the-video-of-the-space-jump-here

* This week's Audible.com pick, Reality 36 by Guy Haley.

* And, our picks; the StarDate Podcast, the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode Manhunt in Space,

and the movie Argo.

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Backwards time travel debunked, bee brains for robots and upcoming sci-fi movies that aren't sequels or remakes.

* What is Looper's potential for real world time travel?

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/02/showbiz/movies/looper-time-travel-pierce/index.html

* Scientists want to upload bee brains into robots.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57525206/engineers-hope-to-upload-bees-brains-into-robots/

* Upcoming sci-fi films that aren't remakes or sequels.

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/22850/10-sci-fi-films-to-look-forward-to-in-2013

* This week's Audible.com pick, Saturn: A Novel of the Ringed Planet by Ben Bova

* And, our picks; The Kerbal Space Program game, the Radio Lab interview with astronaut Dave Wolf,

the short film Rocket boy Roger and the astronomy podcast The Jodcast.

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A not too spoiler-filled review of Looper, military bots to think for themselves and we got space jumping.

* Paul is out this week, but Brad Ludwig fills in and we try not to reveal too much about Looper with him on the show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looper_(film)

* New "Brains" allow military robots to find their way back!

http://www.businessinsider.com/packbot-gets-new-functionality-2012-10

* "Space" jump planned for October 8th.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/04/felix-baumgartner-parachute-jump-skydiving-space_n_1939663.html

* This week's Audible.com pick; The Wind Over The World by Steven Utley.

* And, our personal picks; the short film Robots of Brixton and the store Radio Shack for selling robots!

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Warp drive; coming closer to reality, the new RoboCop suit revealed and Kepler finds Gallifrey.

* There's new hope for actually achieving warp speed.

http://www.space.com/17628-warp-drive-possible-interstellar-spaceflight.html

* The new RoboCop suit is revealed and Paul does not like it one bit!

http://sciencefiction.com/2012/09/16/new-robocop-suit-revealed

* NASA's finds it's first solar system with two worlds orbiting two suns.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/29/kepler_47_two_sun_system/

* A robot that displays body language that's supposed to make people suspicious.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/09/14/nexi_alphadog_robots_sniff_martian_air_for_methane_and_carry_marines_equipment_.html

* This week's Audible.com pick  Robert Heinlein's Space Cadet

* And, our personal picks; the video game Borderlands 2, the film Robot and Frank and the Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who comic series Assimilation 2

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Continuum gets to continue, 12 friendly robots and why fiction is better than truth when it comes to space travel.

* A second season for Continuum and Syfy gets the U.S. contract.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/syfy-to-acquire-canadian-sci-fi-drama-continuum/

http://io9.com/5937971/continuum-renewed-for-second-season-now-when-will-the-us-get-it

* The Movie Fone website posts a list of famously friendly robots.

http://news.moviefone.com/2012/08/17/most-friendly-movie-robots_n_1797503.html

* The laws of science that are broken to make good space tales.

http://io9.com/5936924/10-myths-about-space-travel-that-make-science-fiction-better

* A 4 armed mohawked robot plays the Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop."

http://youtu.be/X1jsU1lBZMc

* This week's Audible.com pick  Jack Finney's From Time To Time

* And, our personal picks; the trailer for the movie Robot and Frank, Robbie,a short film by Neil Harvey  and The Nerdist tribute to Time Travel from BBC America.

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Bill and Ted get back on the horse, a Kickstarter for giant robots and India is going to Mars.

* Bill and Ted 3 gets a director and Keanu Reeves talks about the sequel.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/keanu-reeves-drops-time-travel-plot-details-for-new-bill-ted-3/

* Meet Stompy, the giant driveable robot that you can help fund.

http://www.futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com/technology/futureoftech/robot-stompy-be-large-enough-walk-over-cars-940004

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/projecthexapod/stompy-the-giant-rideable-walking-robot-0

* India announces an unmanned mission to Mars.

http://www.examiner.com/article/india-announces-2013-unmanned-spacecraft-mars-mission

* Meshworm, an earthworm-like robot that takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/13/meshworm_darpa_mit_robot_a_sluggish_breakthrough_in_soft_robotics.html

* This week's Audible.com pick Harry Harrison's The Stainless Steel Rat

* And, our personal picks; the video game Iron Brigade, The IT Crowd 4th season episode Bad Boys and the film The Penitent Man.

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Time traveling cops from 1985, if Google built a robot and the greatest picture ever taken.

* A new time travel web series from Fast Five director Justin Lin.

http://www.hollywood.com/news/Fast_Furious_Justin_Lin_Director_Squad_85_YouTube_Show/36146616

* Is Google building their own robot?

http://www.webpronews.com/google-asks-are-we-ready-for-robots-who-can-think-act-and-relate-to-humans-2012-08

* The Mars Curiosity rover arrives at it's destination, and we've got the photographic evidence.

http://io9.com/5932151/a-photograph-of-curiosity-during-landing-has-been-leaked

* The Wall-E robot brought to life.

http://youtu.be/7cs7FGCrkPw

http://mashable.com/2012/08/03/life-size-wall-e/

* This week's Audible.com pick Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars.

* And, our personal picks; the original Total Recall film, Better Off Ted episode The Great Repression and the recently released remake of Total Recall.

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